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Dickens
$20.00 AUD
Presents an illustrated introduction to the public and private life of the popular Victorian novelist.
The Greatest Exploration Stories Ever Told: True Tales of Search and
This anthology brings together accounts of exploration and discovery from every part of the globe. It includes stories of exploration in the American interior, South America, the Middle East, the...
A Serial Killer's Daughter: My Story of Faith, Love, and Overcoming
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Read the shocking true story now featured in the Netflix documentary My Father, The BTK Killer . What is it like to learn that your ordinary,...
Teller of Tales: The Life of Arthur Conan Doyle
More than a hundred years have passed since the creation of Sherlock Holmes, perhaps the most famous fictional character of all time. But while the legendary detective lives on in...
Hans Christian Andersen: The Life of a Storyteller
Although before him Charles Perrault in France and the Brothers Gimm in Germany had collected and retold folk-tales in ways which found wide popular audiences, it was only with the...
Overview
For ten years Berkoff has travelled all over the world - from Fiji to Acapulco - acting, directing and writing. This book is his diary of these trips Berkoff is...
Marie Curie: A Life
Written with the cooperation of the Marie Curie estate and drawing on thousands of letters, this biography describes Marie Curie's research with her husband Pierre which led to the discovery...
Monica's Story
$15.00 AUD
Recounts how an improper relationship and broken confidences led to threats of jail, public humiliation, and prejudgement in the media.
Oprah: A Biography
$15.00 AUD
For the past twenty-five years, no one has been better at revealing secrets than Oprah Winfrey. On what is arguably the most influential show in television history, she has gotten...
Ian Fleming
This is the biography of one of Britain's best-known but least understood post-war personalities. Sportsman, womaniser, naval commander, traveller, spy - Fleming's successful and often mysterious life inevitably provided the...
Ant: The Incredible Journey of NBA Rising Star Anthony Edwards
The first in-depth look at the Minnesota Timberwolves rising star, from his backstory to his mindset, and the relationships that fueled his drive to greatness. From his jaw-dropping dunks to...
Chasing Beauty: The Life of Isabella Stewart Gardner
The vivid and masterful story of Isabella Stewart Gardner-creator of one of America's most stunning museums-an American original whose own life was remade by art. Includes archival photos of Isabella's...
The Light of Battle: Eisenhower, D-Day, and the Birth of the American
A thrilling new biography of Dwight Eisenhower set in the months leading up to D-Day, when he grew from a well-liked general into one of the singular figures of American...
Tuffers' Ashes Heroes: Legends and characters from both sides of
Phil Tufnell played in five Ashes series and has commentated on another ten. With the next tear-up just around the corner, 'Tuffers' has sat down and personally chosen his 50...
The Heart-Shaped Tin: Love, Loss and Kitchen Objects
Winner of the Andre Simon Food Award 2025 'Extraordinary' TELEGRAPH 'Delightful' GUARDIAN 'Bee Wilson is one of my favourite writers and this may be her best book' CHRIS VAN TULLEKEN...
A Thousand Feasts: Small Moments of Joy ... A Memoir of Sorts
THE INSTANT #1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER From award-winning writer Nigel Slater, comes a new and exquisitely written collection of notes, memoir, stories and small moments of joy. 'Nigel Slater's prose...
Out of Character: From Abigail's Party to Gavin and Stacey, and
A Waterstones Best Book of 2024 'Marriage to Mike Leigh, the minutiae of working on Gavin and Stacey : it's a tribute to her range that there's something here to...
The Ghost Lake
'Remarkable' OBSERVER 'Deeply profound... this is no ordinary memoir' THE TIMES 'Astounding' ADAM FARRER 'Brave and luminous' SARAH LANGFORD 'Mesmerising' POLLY ATKIN 'Beautifully written' YORKSHIRE POST 'Steadfastly honest' GEOGRAPHICAL A...
Wayfarer: Love, loss and life on Britain's pilgrim paths
Shortlisted for the Edward Stanford Travel Book of the Year 2025 A Financial Times best summer travel book of 2024Travel Book of the Year at the Inspire Global Media Awards...
Gathering Blossoms Under Fire: The Journals of Alice Walker
'These journals are a revelation, a road map and a gift to us all' TAYARI JONES, author of An American Marriage 'Walker writes beautifully about the push and pull of...
Halfway To Hollywood: Diaries 1980-1988 (Volume Two)
The second volume of diaries from one of Britain's best-loved national treasures. After a live performance at the Hollywood Bowl, The Pythons made their last performance together in 1983 in...
Under A Rock
'Sometimes fate deals up a wild card. There's a lot to be said for one of these wild cards and from what I've learned over the fifty or so years...
The Quiet Ear: An Investigation of Missing Sound: The 'bighearted,
Raymond Antrobus was first diagnosed as deaf at the age of six. He discovered he had missing sounds - bird calls, whistles, kettles, alarms. Teachers thought he was slow and...
We All Come Home Alive: A Life in Shocks
'Profoundly affecting' GUARDIAN 'Extraordinary. It made me cry' MELISSA HARRISON 'Wise and beautifully written' SINEAD GLEESON 'Made me feel that I too was more alive' LUCY CALDWELL A life is...
Our Country in Crisis: Britain's Housing Emergency and How We Rebuild
'Kwajo's voice is leading the call for change on behalf of a generation who have been seriously failed by Westminster.' Andy Burnham, Mayor of Greater Manchester 'A brilliant thinker and...
Written in Water: Keats's final Journey
Only edition in print On 17th September 1820, accompanied by his friend Joseph Severn, John Keats left London for Italy on board the Maria Crowther in a desperate bid to...
Notes on a Nervous Planet
The world is messing with our minds. Rates of stress and anxiety are rising. A fast, nervous planet is creating fast and nervous lives. We are more connected, yet feel...
Eighteen Moons: Before: Diary of a Gay Dad
Eighteen Moons is the extraordinary and moving story of Andi and John and how they brought together, against huge odds, the family they had longed for. Today they are loving...
My Good Side: A Memoir
An intimate memoir from Vanderpump Rules star Scheana Shay, delving into everything from the origin story of the iconic show, to her struggles with fertility and pregnancy loss, and the...
I Want to Be Where the Normal People Are: Essays and Other Stuff
'One of the funniest books of the year' - Guardian A collection of hilarious personal essays, poems and even amusement park maps on the subjects of insecurity, fame, anxiety, and...
Greenlights: Raucous stories and outlaw wisdom from the Academy
THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER* - MILLIONS OF COPIES SOLD WORLDWIDE Gloriously bonkers - Guardian, Best Autobiographies and Memoirs of 2020 A rollicking, contemplative trip - Financial Times From the Academy Award...
1967: How I Got There and Why I Never Left
1967 explores how that pivotal slice of time tastes to a bright, obsessive/compulsive boy who is shipped off to a hothouse academic boarding school as he reaches the age of...
Inside the Mind of Jeffrey Dahmer: The Cannibal Killer
Sunday Times bestselling author Christopher Berry-Dee is the man who talks to serial killers. A world-renowned investigative criminologist, he has gained the trust of murderers across the world, entered their...
Liar Liar: Breaking the Silence on Sexual Assault
'Powerful and heart-wrenching ... I cannot recommend this book highly enough' - Amber Smith, New York Times bestselling author of The Way I Used to Be and The Last to...
The Lady Upstairs: Reflections on Love and Mortality
This is a series of intimate reflections on the human spirit. The original intention was a simple reminiscence, but it developed into an exploration of our individual and collective values,...
Earth to Moon: A Memoir
A ROUGH TRADE BOOK OF THE YEAR 'Jaw-dropping [and] intensely evocative' SUNDAY TIMES 'Moon is a sublime writer who dips her pen in Nora Ephron's ink' OBSERVER 'Gripping, hilarious and...
Hometown Tales: Wales
Original tales by remarkable writers Hometown Tales is a series of books pairing exciting new voices with some of the most talented and important writers at work today. Some of...
Dear Michael, Love Dad: Letters, laughter and all the things we leave
'Wonderful, moving, humorous ... extremely poignant' Charlie Mortimer, Dear Lupin 'Iain's love for his son shines through every sentence of this affecting account, as does his guilt. He blames himself...
Rambling Man: My Life on the Road
THE NUMBER ONE BESTSELLING HILARIOUS NEW BOOK FROM THE NATION'S FAVOURITE COMEDIAN, BILLY CONNOLLY Being a Rambling Man was what I always wanted to be, to live the way I...
Inner Excellence: Train Your Mind for Extraordinary Performance and
"A Marie Kondo for the modern moment" GUARDIAN " Inner Excellence is for anyone who wants to win at life without losing themselves " MARIE FORLEO TRAIN YOUR HEART AND...
The Moon's A Balloon
This acclaimed memoir, The Moon's A Balloon, chronicles the extraordinary life and career of a beloved Hollywood icon. It presents a vivid tapestry of the Golden Age of cinema, detailing...
People In Glass Houses: Growing Up At Government House
$15.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: No markingsPeople In Glass Houses: Growing Up At Government House chronicles a unique childhood spent within the formal confines of a...
F. Matthias Alexander And The Creative Advance Of The Individual
$15.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: No markingsThis insightful biography chronicles the life and groundbreaking work of F. Matthias Alexander, presenting his revolutionary approach to human movement...
Editor: A Second Volume Of Autobiography 1931-45
$15.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Tanning and foxing Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Stain on top of block that does not bleed into pagesThis compelling autobiography chronicles the professional...
True Stories From One Man's Life: The First Book
$15.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacketPages: Good Markings: SignedCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis compelling memoir chronicles the extraordinary journey of an individual, presenting a tapestry of personal...
A Golden String: The Story Of Dorothy J Ross
$15.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: Previous ownerA compelling biography, A Golden String: The Story Of Dorothy J Ross chronicles the remarkable life of Dorothy J. Ross,...
Bolte From Bamganie
$12.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: Fair Jacket: N/APages: Good Markings: Previous ownerBolte From Bamganie by Barry Muir chronicles the remarkable life and political journey of Sir Henry Bolte, a pivotal figure in Australian...
Malcolm Muggeridge: A Life
$12.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: No markingsThis compelling biography Malcolm Muggeridge: A Life chronicles the extraordinary journey of one of the 20th century's most incisive and...